Mbeya District Council is one of the seven districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mbarali District and Chunya District, to the south by Mbeya Urban District and Rungwe District, to the east by Iringa Region and to the west by Mbozi District.
BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION
Apart from this district, Other Districts are Mbarali, Chunya, Kyela, Rungwe, Busokelo and Mbeya City. This Council is located between Latitude 7 ° and 9 ° South of the Equator and Longitude 33 ° and 35 ° East of Greenwich. The district borders Mbarali and Makete Districts to the east, Rungwe and Ileje to the south, West to Mbozi, Momba and North Chunya District.
Mbeya District is made up of three divisions which are Tembela, Isangati and Usongwe. Following the establishment of the Mbalizi Small Town Authority in 2014, Mbeya District Council has a total of twenty-eight (28) Wards, 140 Villages and 931 Suburbs with a total of 74,468 households.
In addition, Mbeya District has a total of 38 Councilors, 28 of whom are elected councilors and 10 are Special Seats Councilors. Mbeya District Council has one parliamentary constituency known as Mbeya rural constituency. Together with the Council the decisions of the Council are reached through its four (4) standing Committees which are:
(i) Finance, Leadership and Planning
(ii) Education, Health and Water
(iii) Economy, Construction and Environment
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Mbeya Rural District was 254,897
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Mbeya Rural District had one constituency.
Mbeya Vijijini Constituency
Divisions
Wards
As of 2016, Mbeya Rural District was administratively divided into twenty-eight wards:
Bonde la Usongwe
Igale
Ihango
Ijombe
Ikukwa
Ilembo
Ilungu
Inyala
Isuto
Iwiji
Iwindi
Iyunga Mapinduzi
Mshewe
Santilya
Tembela
Ulenje
Utengule Usongwe
Mjele
Shizuvi
Izyira
Nsalala
Maendeleo
Lwanjiro
Swaya
Itawa
Igoma
Itewe
Masoko